{"id":5570,"date":"2020-07-20T21:38:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T21:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2022-03-24T19:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:38:32","slug":"microsoft-teams-is-re-imagining-virtual-collaboration-for-the-future-of-work-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/microsoft-teams-is-re-imagining-virtual-collaboration-for-the-future-of-work-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Teams is re-imagining virtual collaboration for the future of work and learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

We\u2019ve reached an inflection point. As the global response to COVID-19 evolves, communities around the world have moved from an era of \u201cremote everything\u201d into a more hybrid model of work, learning, and life. And as we all scramble to keep up, the\u00a0future of work and education\u00a0<\/strong>is being shaped before our eyes. At Microsoft, we\u2019ve spent the last few months learning from our customers and studying how they use our tools. We\u2019ve also worked with experts across virtual reality, AI, and productivity research to help understand the future of work. These findings,\u00a0which are published here<\/a>, guide us as we design technology to help our customers today and in the future.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Today we\u2019re announcing a set of new features in Microsoft Teams that make virtual interactions more natural, more engaging, and ultimately, more human. These features offer three key benefits for people at work and in education. First, they help you feel more connected with your team and reduce meeting fatigue. Second, they make meetings more inclusive and engaging. And third, they help streamline your work and save time. It\u2019s all about enabling people everywhere to collaborate, to stay connected, and to discover new ways to be productive from anywhere. Let\u2019s dig into the details.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Feel more connected and reduce meeting fatigue<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Together mode<\/strong>\u2014At a time when people are conducting more virtual meetings than ever,\u00a0our research<\/a>\u00a0has shown that many of us feel less connected since moving to remote work, and experience more fatigue during video meetings than during in-person collaboration.\u00a0Together mode<\/a>\u00a0is a new meeting experience in Teams that uses AI segmentation technology to digitally place participants in a shared background, making it feel like you\u2019re sitting in the same room with everyone else in the meeting or class. Together mode makes meetings more engaging by helping you focus on other people\u2019s faces and body language and making it easier to pick up on the non-verbal cues that are so important to human interaction. It\u2019s great for meetings in which multiple people will speak, such as brainstorms or roundtable discussions, because it makes it easier for participants to understand who is talking. Together mode with auditorium view is rolling out now and will be generally available in August. And we\u2019ll bring more views to Together mode in the future.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n